# verb calling

slayer@kaiwan.com (slayer@kaiwan.com)
Sun, 25 Feb 1996 18:57:19 PST

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    >Hello,
    >
    >Sorry to bother you all again, but another question came up for me.  I have
    >a verb that goes along the lines of this (there might be typeos in this and
    >may not compile, it is just an example)
    >
    >verbname = "next prev again quit"
    >
    >text = verb;
    >$value:text();
    >
    >and $value will have verbs named "next" "prev" "again" and "quit"
    >
    >What I want to do, is somehow call one of the verbs on $value by using the
    >name used to call the first verb.
    >
    >I know the above example doesn't work, cause I have tried it....is there
    >anyway to do this?
    >

    Try putting it in parentheses... $value:(text)().. or you could just skip
    the first step and use $value:(verb)().. if you also wanted to pass the
    arguments around you could use $value:(verb)(@args).

    >Thanks for all your help
    >
    >Elisabeth
    >Four Seasons MOO
    >Role Playing Game &
    >Internet Tutorial
    >
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